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Webster 1913 Edition


Aleger

Al′e-ger

,
Adj.
[F.
allègre
, earlier
alègre
, fr. L.
alacer
.]
Gay; cheerful; sprightly.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aleger

A'LEGER

,
Adj.
[L. alacer.]
Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


aleger

aleger

English

Adjective

aleger (comparative more aleger, superlative most aleger)

  1. (obsolete) gay; cheerful; sprightly
    • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:
      Certainly this berry coffa, the root and leaf betel, the leaf tobacco, and the tear of poppy (opium), of which the Turks are great takers (supposing it expelleth all fear), do all condense the spirits, and make them strong and aleger.